• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
    7·
    2 years ago

    So tell me, what do you call the object drawn in this picture, taken from a popular Linux operating system?

    A picture of a folder icon from Ubuntu

    Say my name.

    • lp0101@lemmy.world
      11·
      2 years ago

      I feel like the only people who actually care are the type who wrap their entire personality around which OS they use

        • ollie@pawb.social
          1·
          2 days ago

          i use arch btw, and i call them folders (btw)

          its kinda pointless making a big deal about what people call it as long as everyone is understood.

          the beauty of linux is choice, theres loads of options and distros and software, who cares if you choose to call it a folder or directory?

        • CoderKat@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 years ago

          “I use Linux as my operating system,” I state proudly to the unkempt, bearded man. He swivels around in his desk chair with a devilish gleam in his eyes, ready to mansplain with extreme precision. “Actually”, he says with a grin, "Linux is just the kernel. You use GNU+Linux!’ I don’t miss a beat and reply with a smirk, “I use Alpine, a distro that doesn’t include the GNU coreutils, or any other GNU code. It’s Linux, but it’s not GNU+Linux.”

          The smile quickly drops from the man’s face. His body begins convulsing and he foams at the mouth and drops to the floor with a sickly thud. As he writhes around he screams “I-IT WAS COMPILED WITH GCC! THAT MEANS IT’S STILL GNU!” Coolly, I reply “If windows was compiled with gcc, would that make it GNU?” I interrupt his response with “-and work is being made on the kernel to make it more compiler-agnostic. Even you were correct, you wont be for long.”

          With a sickly wheeze, the last of the man’s life is ejected from his body. He lies on the floor, cold and limp. I’ve womansplained him to death.

  • guriinii@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I think when I’m in terminal I call them directories but otherwise I’ll click and open a folder in my file manager

  • ErrorCode@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I had a new employee ask me what I meant when I used the word directory. They had never heard ‘directory’ used in that context. It has only been known as a folder to some people.

  • voidMainVoid@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 years ago

    I use both terms. If I’m accessing it from a GUI, it’s a folder. From the command line, it’s a directory.

  • observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca
    0·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been using nothing but Linux at home and work for 20 years and it’s news to me that these words are not equal synonyms.

  • fidodo@lemm.ee
    0·
    2 years ago

    But they’re called both in all operating systems. Windows command line has a dir command.